EP1973208B1 - Procédé de commande et de programmation de commutateurs, en particulier d'interrupteurs de lumière - Google Patents

Procédé de commande et de programmation de commutateurs, en particulier d'interrupteurs de lumière Download PDF

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EP1973208B1
EP1973208B1 EP08102675A EP08102675A EP1973208B1 EP 1973208 B1 EP1973208 B1 EP 1973208B1 EP 08102675 A EP08102675 A EP 08102675A EP 08102675 A EP08102675 A EP 08102675A EP 1973208 B1 EP1973208 B1 EP 1973208B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H23/00—Tumbler or rocker switches, i.e. switches characterised by being operated by rocking an operating member in the form of a rocker button
    • H01H23/28—Tumbler or rocker switches, i.e. switches characterised by being operated by rocking an operating member in the form of a rocker button with three operating positions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00—Legends
    • H01H2219/002—Legends replaceable; adaptable
    • H01H2219/01—Liquid crystal
    • H01H2219/012—Liquid crystal programmable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2239/00—Miscellaneous
    • H01H2239/074—Actuation by finger touch
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2300/00—Orthogonal indexing scheme relating to electric switches, relays, selectors or emergency protective devices covered by H01H
    • H01H2300/03—Application domotique, e.g. for house automation, bus connected switches, sensors, loads or intelligent wiring
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2300/00—Orthogonal indexing scheme relating to electric switches, relays, selectors or emergency protective devices covered by H01H
    • H01H2300/04—Programmable interface between a set of switches and a set of functions, e.g. for reconfiguration of a control panel
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B90/00—Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02B90/20—Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
    • Y04S20/00—Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof
    • Y04S20/14—Protecting elements, switches, relays or circuit breakers

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  • switches such as light switches, home appliance switches, power switches, etc. are operated by a simple operation of a single control element, for example by flipping a rocker switch, turning a rotary switch or pressing a pushbutton / primarychalters. Together, these switches have the ability to switch a single power line.
  • a circuit is closed by means of the switch in the single supply line, which supplies one or more connected to exactly this supply line consumer, such as lighting means with electricity.
  • switches which comprise a single actuator in a housing, with the aid of which, however, two or even three leads can be switched, wherein at least one consumer is connected to each of these two or three leads.
  • a toggle switch which can be switched to the left / right, can be switched up / down, or closes a circuit by pressing into the center.
  • an input device for an installation bus system wherein the input device for multi-input functions is set up and wherein displays and / or key functions are adjustable by a stored program in the input device and / or by signals from the installation bus system.
  • the display is changeable, wherein it remains open, which consumers are represented by the respective display and remains open, whether the consumers represented by the display are arbitrarily composable, or fixed predefined. The same applies to the states of consumers.
  • the silent DE 44 23 839 about which way or with which operating sequence consumers or consumer groups can be specified.
  • document DE 4 106 033 discloses a method according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • switches in particular switches in the household, such as e.g. Device switch, or, light switches can be operated, which have fewer numbers of leads to the switch, as there are consumer groups, or individual consumers who are to be switched with this switch.
  • switches in particular switches in the household, such as e.g. Device switch, or, light switches can be operated, which have fewer numbers of leads to the switch, as there are consumer groups, or individual consumers who are to be switched with this switch.
  • switches in particular switches in the household, such as e.g. Device switch, or, light switches can be operated, which have fewer numbers of leads to the switch, as there are consumer groups, or individual consumers who are to be switched with this switch.
  • it should be possible to switch by a single switch with the help of an operating method all directly or indirectly connected directly to the household power consumers of a room, a building or an entire building.
  • the generated continuous switching signal corresponds to the operator's inputs via this programmability in accordance with the invention.
  • the method according to the invention can also be used in switches which have only a single actuation direction, as is also known, for example, in push-button switches or rotary switches, or also in switches which have at least one touch-sensitive surface, with or without specification have a predetermined actuation direction.
  • Such switches are particularly advantageous if, moreover, they are capable of displaying different colors sequentially, ie one after the other, at at least one point.
  • the inventive method is particularly for power switch in question, or more specifically for power switch, which are able to switch in a house power network, the voltage therein, or, more specifically for switches that as a light switch in a house power network, the voltage therein switch are capable of, or are usable for this purpose.
  • the claimed method is therefore particularly suitable for switches which can be inserted in standardized flush-type boxes.
  • the method according to the invention is also suitable for household appliance switches which are suitable for effecting functions on domestic appliances, such as, for example, dimmers.
  • the method according to the invention can also be applied to switches which are themselves attached to the device to be switched, which thus hitherto acted as conventional on / off switches, or also to switches which are mounted in plug connectors, as long as they have the properties according to the invention.
  • the field of applications according to the invention basically extends to any switch which is capable of switching current, in particular switches for switching the voltage present in a domestic power network.
  • the person skilled in the art would also apply the method according to the invention to switches which have any combination of the described functions.
  • a feature of this method according to the invention is, with the aid of a switch, to generate at least one continuous switching signal whose properties and its effect can be freely defined by the operator of the switch in a first method step.
  • Switch in particular power switch, have at least one relative to a base element, which may be permanently installed in a wall or a device, movable switching element, as is the case with classic switches / buttons, and / or at least one stationary element to a base switching element , such as a touch-sensitive surface (touch screen), as is often the case with modern switches / buttons; whereby these switches are able to switch the voltage present in a house power network voltage.
  • the invention is therefore not on switching elements limited, which persist after actuation in the last position, but also extends to switching elements, which are able to switch, for example, light, but return to the original position after actuation and therefore related to their technical function in some, especially technical circles be referred to as a button.
  • Novel switches can also have a touch-sensitive surface (touch screen). Such designs often no longer require moving elements, since the functions of the previously movable elements can be completely or partially replaced by touching the sensitive surface.
  • Such novel switches therefore have at least one stationary to a base element switching element, wherein the base element are usually installed in a wall or in a device.
  • switches which have at least one switching element that is movable relative to a base element, and in addition at least one switching element that is stationary relative to a base element.
  • An embodiment for this could be a model which a tactile or rocking movement in the x or -x direction, and / or in the y or -y direction, and / or in the direction of one to four diagonals and / or a Tastterrorism in the center of the switch allowed, the surface, ie the actuating surface is also sensitive to touch and hereby example stroking movements as information to interpret in this situation is.
  • they are distinguished from recently emerging operating terminals, since the switches according to the invention are permanently installed in the wall, are programmable by the operator, fit into a standard flush-mounted box, and because their overpurpose element has the usual switches, in particular dimensions in about the usual with conventional square switches about plaster dimensions of 80 * 80mm.
  • a switch is further developed so that it does not typically close a circuit circuit and keeps closed until it is pressed again to reopen the closed circuit, but that it provides a pulse or a continuous signal, in turn through the operator of the switch is freely definable, or more concrete, whose duration or its shape is freely definable by the operator of the switch.
  • a switch operation must have a defined end and a defined beginning in order to be recognized as a pulse; but whether such a pulse now lasts for a duration of less than or equal to one second, as defined below, or whether such a pulse also lasts longer, such as 1.4 seconds, can be defined according to the invention by the operator of the switch, so these switches to adapt to the physical possibilities of the Hopkins (eg an older person). Furthermore, it can be defined by the operator of the switch, which is to be assigned by the operator of the switch pulse sequence which command and thus which function of the consumer.
  • the impulsive effects can be changed by the operator of the switch by defining the operator which consumers can be individually added to one of the consumer groups and how each of these consumers within a consumer group behave upon receipt of a command to the consumer Has.
  • the great advantage of this definability of the shape and effect of the switching pulse is that the definition of the behavior of each consumer in a building unit at a local switch can be done in exactly that particular building unit, ie decentralized. In this way are particularly precise adjustments to the local conditions possible,
  • any switch according to the invention can take access to a database in which codes are stored, with the help of which each consumer is individually addressable.
  • Both the database, as well as the implementation of the user behavior in switching pulses and / or permanent switching signals takes place in the switch, ie within a standard flush-mounted box.
  • the operator of the light switch by his input behavior or more specifically by his input method by causing a switching pulse or a continuous signal accesses this database, activated in this database corresponding to this switching pulse or continuous signal coded command, which is then transmitted to the consumer and the consumer in question recognizes by means of a built-in analysis module whether he has been contacted and if he has been addressed as to what behavior he has to perform.
  • the transmission of the commands can then be forwarded via the power network to all consumers, or alternatively in other ways, such as by radio or via bus systems.
  • the interpretation of each command sent to all consumers can preferably be done in the described analysis module in the consumer itself. Here, the consumer can determine if he has been addressed.
  • the correspondence between the operator behavior and the commands or codes to be assigned to this operating behavior can be supported by means of an external control software.
  • This first operating step is not possible with standard switches from the prior art, as they force the construction of the operator to perform only one actuation of an actuator / operating element, wherein the actuating surface is that part of the switching element or actuator / operating element, which the Operator is facing through, thereby allowing the touching, folding, pressing down or turning allowed.
  • This operation is associated with conventional light switches forcibly the function of closing or opening the relevant circuit, whether they return to their original position or not.
  • the field for the operating method according to the invention is opened and in this method of operation according to the invention must therefore be defined in a first step, which operating behavior of the operator at all by the switch as a switching function is identified and when a switching function has been identified which character gets assigned this switching function.
  • the free definability of the switching pulse or continuous signal given by the operator in this first method step causes each characteristic type of operation of the operator of the switch ultimately to be assigned its own reaction pattern from a consumer or a group of consumers.
  • These Depositing can be done as programming in the factory, for example, in an EPROM, or subsequently, for example, with the help of software, possibly also on site of the built-in switch itself.
  • this memory can be dissuaded in the switch itself, which has the advantage that it is by external Influences are difficult to disturb.
  • a continuous signal can also be input. Continuous signals can be effected, for example, by holding down the switch, or even if the switch has a sensitive surface, also by prolonged contact.
  • the duration of the duration to be evaluated as a continuous signal can be set here, for example, at the switch itself or by a connectable programming terminal. For example, it can be determined that a touch which lasts longer than eg one second counts as a continuous signal.
  • This contact can also take place in a moving form, for example by sweeping over this surface, wherein a corresponding surface-sensitive switch can additionally also identify the respective direction information.
  • a sweep of, for example, longer than one second from the bottom to the top is not only evaluated as a continuous signal, but also as direction information, in the present example for example as an "up" motion command.
  • direction information in the present example for example as an "up" motion command.
  • the directions on the sides and in the diagonal or down can be occupied.
  • any customizable special characters or symbols can be stored in an analogous manner.
  • a tap in the center can be understood as an on-off command, for example.
  • a minimum duration of another switching pulse can be defined, which causes the operator, for example, to operate the actuating surface for longer than this period of the first time interval, from the switch would always be interpreted as having input a continuous signal, as if the switch was not actuated once, thus releasing a single pulse which would have a defined time end, but is interpreted as if the switch were for a period of time, so the operator expresses his desire for a continuous movement of a consumer.
  • the signal must first be recognized as a continuous signal, the signal end is arbitrarily settable by the operator.
  • a time interval is one second, or more advantageously up to 800 milliseconds, an input is particularly easy to implement, and those skilled in the art would also consider the range around these values to be feasible when it comes to determining the time intervals To customize groups of people and their abilities.
  • the maximum length of the break between them can also be determined by the operator. Due to this adaptability of the pause duration between two pulses / signals, a switch according to the invention can advantageously be adapted even more precisely to the capabilities of the operator.
  • these defined pulses and / or signals can be assigned by the operator to at least one single consumer and / or at least one group of consumers.
  • a threshold value can also be defined as the lower time limit by the operator, from which time up to this 800 milliseconds is interpreted as the first time interval and the times are interpreted as a continuous signal. These durations below this threshold can then be interpreted as the third time interval.
  • This threshold value can advantageously be set in an unergonomic manner, for which durations of up to around 100 milliseconds have proved suitable, thus marking, for example, an access hurdle into an expert mode or the like. the normal operators remain closed because they are out of normal operating behavior.
  • this value can also be adapted according to the invention to the behavior of the targeted user group and will be set differently in older people, as in very young people.
  • the pause length between two signals can be defined by the operator to perceive the respective inputs as separated from each other.
  • durations of up to one second have emerged here, which means that up to about one second time difference between two inputs, both inputs are interpreted as belonging to an input sequence relative to one another. Durations above the defined pause durations are then interpreted as a command that the input is completed is.
  • the first and third, ie the short durations described above, to separate from each other, pause durations of 80-150 milliseconds have proven to be particularly ergonomic.
  • combination signals such as a double-click, or other basic signals of different closed time duration definable (for example, signals with Morse character).
  • a double-click so far good experiences with periods of 10 milliseconds to 400 milliseconds have been collected, interrupted by a pause between 10 milliseconds and 300 milliseconds.
  • this duration can be adapted to the example age-related responsiveness of the operator and is therefore very user-friendly.
  • Particularly outstanding values were double-click times of about 200 milliseconds for the first click and about 250 milliseconds for the second click, interrupted by a break of about 160 milliseconds.
  • combination codes of at least one pulse with at least one continuous signal can be configured as desired in this way.
  • a pause between two pulses has a defined duration of, for example, a minimum of 160 milliseconds, this can be defined as a standard pause.
  • the definition of such a standard pause causes not every slight variation in the actuation behavior to be interpreted as another input signal or as code entered by the operator. In particular, this avoids that bad debounced switch provide false signals. The same applies in principle for the continuous signals.
  • such a first important standard command may cause the operator to even gain access to an operator programming mode.
  • this operator programming mode the operator then has the opportunity to self-assemble the consumer groups described below according to his needs. So he can put together all the lamps of a room to a consumer group and / or he can define his own scenario, such as a "dining scenario" in which the TV, radio and telephone are switched off and the lights are switched on above the dining table, as well For example, a plugged into a socket on the dining table warming plate are turned on, in addition, at the same time the lighting in the kitchen is turned off.
  • this first method step not only the individual signal characteristics can be defined in order to define a unique interface between operator behavior and switch reaction, but also groups of consumers can be defined, which then switch signals consisting of at least one switching pulse and / or at least one continuous signal, can be assigned. If each switching signal of the switch, in particular light switch at least one freely definable group of consumers can be assigned, so this causes in the first process step that consumers have a certain similarity, have the same reaction behavior, if exactly these consumers receive an activation command. This is achieved, for example, by a single activation command, starting from a single switch that all shutters are opened. If this one light switch has been assigned a further group, it is possible with the same switch operation with the previously opened the shutters, such as the light be operated. The prerequisite for this is that this switching signal once the one and another times the other consumer group has been assigned and condition is further that, for example, the switch is able to indicate which of the defined groups is currently activated to be switched next.
  • such an assignment can take place in the following groups, wherein a group of consumers are essentially associated with illumination means; associated with another group of consumers essentially entertainment media; are assigned to yet another group of consumers essentially devices which have an influence on the room temperature; Moreover, a group of other consumers are assigned security-relevant devices, and they are also assigned to other groups of consumers, essentially domestic appliances.
  • a group of Consumers comprising substantially illumination means associated with yellow color; another group of consumers, which essentially comprises audio entertainment media associated with turquoise color; yet another group of consumers comprising substantially video entertainment media associated with violet color; yet another group of consumers comprising substantially shading devices associated with gray color; a still further group of consumers comprising substantially safety-related devices associated with red color; in addition, a still further group of consumers comprising substantially access devices associated with green color; and, moreover, also another group of consumers comprising substantially temperature-influencing devices associated with blue color.
  • each of these groups will cause each of these groups to be associated with a single switch even if that switch provides fewer switching functions than there are groups of consumers.
  • the same input by the operator when the light group is displayed on the switch for example, by means of its yellow color symbol, once the light group switch on the video system and if the video group is displayed on the switch with the help of its purple color symbol.
  • each of the groups can be able to distinguish spatial conditions, such as buildings, floors, rooms, by incorporating spatial parameters in the definition of groups.
  • a maximum spatial size can be achieved, which includes the entire home electricity network between electricity meter and consumer.
  • the first step is completed and the light switch as a multifunctional selection and operating switch even used when he should switch more consumers (groups), as he owns physical switching states.
  • the light switch can be operated, which have fewer leads to the switch, as consumer groups are to be switched with this switch.
  • the invention is also suitable for switches comprising at least one touch-sensitive surface, which touch-sensitive surface in the switch is capable of providing an on-off switching action and / or a continuous signal action, as for the switches which provide only pulses.
  • switches comprising at least one touch-sensitive surface, which touch-sensitive surface in the switch is capable of providing an on-off switching action and / or a continuous signal action, as for the switches which provide only pulses.
  • the only difference is that with these switches even more information can be entered by the operator than with switches which emit impulses, since switches with touch-sensitive surfaces can also evaluate directions of a swipe as information, own symbols can be defined, and so on Touch duration can be considered as information.
  • the method according to the invention for actuating a switch wherein the switch is able to provide a continuous signal effect by touching the switch surface with a tapping character to the on-off switching action and / or by touching the switch surface with a strike character is able to give the operator a particularly catchy feeling especially efficient from the hand to effect, for example, by means of a short touch tip on such a touch-sensitive surface, the technical function of the on-off, or to effect the technical function of the continuous signal by means of a touch with stroking character, or with such a touch cause other technical function, such as a group selection, a device selection, a function selection, etc.
  • the method according to the invention for actuating a switch is capable of assigning the circuit of a different consumer and / or group of consumers to each of these taps and / or taps, the switch being different in touch with the tapping surface of the switch Antipodal times and / or taping sequences to identify and be able to.
  • the inventive method with the help of individual Antippdauern and / or Antippmann how Antipodal and / or Antipp Moshav have been deposited, as in this way a single switch any Number of input patterns can be deposited, which can be increased in principle to infinity.
  • the switch when touching the switch surface with a strike character different strike directions and / or strike symbols to identify and able and each of these strokes and / or symbols selecting a group consumers and / or within such a group of a subgroup, or a single consumer and / or a single consumer whose functions and / or in one of these functions of a consumer the intensity of the effect of this consumer audible with the help of the human senses is to be assigned.
  • an entire stored menu can be traversed, for example, by hitting the menu items by swiping to the right, picking / selecting a menu item determined by means of the through-migration, and then picking by repainting its submenu items can be wandered through again;
  • wandering through and selecting / picking by tapping not just every single device (eg submenus located) from arbitrarily definable groups (eg selectable in root menus), but also, if the single device to be operated permits, within this device the individual device functions can be traversed and selected / picked and then manipulated.
  • such a variation can be done by making this selection by actuating a spatially defined area of a multi-way switch behind which the desired group of consumers is deposited, and / or by entering a predefined pulse sequence (eg in the push-button) representing the group in question is assigned by consumers, and / or by applying a swipe on a touch-sensitive surface of the switch to which the relevant group of consumers is assigned and / or by entering a predefined symbol on a touch-sensitive surface of the switch to which the relevant group of consumers is assigned, and / or or by selecting the group of consumers concerned, from proposals made by the switch, in particular (light) switch.
  • a predefined pulse sequence eg in the push-button
  • a (light) switch which is constructed from a tip button, so this can advantageously be deposited any number of such consumer groups in this single push-button.
  • the change between these consumer groups can be done in such a way that by entering a defined operating pattern, eg a double-click, automatically one consumer group after the other, for example, with the help of their associated color code is displayed in the tip button, the currently active color of the selectable group for a defined period of time, for example, in the center of the tip button appears and is selectable, for example by a single click.
  • switches with touch-sensitive surface can be used in this sense as a button.
  • one can also a multi-dimensional rocker switch which follows an operating principle, as he, for example, in the prior art by the DE102004035321 was invented if it has been developed according to the invention, which means if it has been enabled to provide freely programmable switching pulses.
  • each of the corners of the switch could also represent another of, for example, four consumer groups / colors most commonly addressed by that switch, and by actuating the corner representing the desired consumer group, that group of interest to the operator could be selected.
  • assigning functions to the pulses as described alternatively or additionally, by entering a swipe on a touch-sensitive surface of the switch associated with the group of consumers and / or by inputting a predefined symbol on a touch-sensitive surface of the switch the group in question is assigned by consumers, and / or by selection of the relevant group of consumers, from proposals made by the switch, in particular light switch, such assignments as described above for pulses also for continuous signals.
  • a swipe to the right to select the following selection item in the current menu such as when in a TV equipment menu group various TVs are offered the TV of interest, or such as when a TV of interest was selected by a Intermittent tap-to-touch in the right or left half of the switch Step by step or by swiping continuously through the individual channels of the station selection of this device when you are in the menu of the TV of interest; or in both Cases by striking to the left corresponding to the previous point is callable; or if you are in the menu item Venetian up or down stroking a start up or shut down all stored blinds, or a single interested blinds, if you are in the menu of this specifically interested a blind.
  • the second process step is completed.
  • a group of consumers can be connected, in particular switched on.
  • the desired consumer group is already selected, this can be done immediately, or alternatively after selection of the relevant consumer group.
  • the switching on can be done by the operator by operating the switch so that it is understood by the switch as a switch-on.
  • the consumers assigned to this group can be individually selectable. This will cause subsets or individual devices to be selected within the on-set group of consumers, such as light, and this may be done in a manner analogous to how the appropriate set of consumers was previously selected. "Selectable" in this application also means activatable.
  • the intensity of the consumer or consumers perceptible by the human senses can be changed in a further method step. This causes that when a consumer has been selected or a group of consumers (eg light) whose intensity can be increased or decreased (eg light intensity), which can be done both by (multi-dimension) switch as well as by styli, if they only have the inventive feature that their signal pulse is freely programmable.
  • a single switch according to the invention in particular light switch
  • each consumer group is definable according to individual criteria and can be deposited with the help of their basic setting behind the switch according to the invention, in particular light switch.
  • a consumer group can consist of only a single device, such as an air conditioner or a heater. If this group consists of more than one device, in the manner according to the invention, each individual consumer arranged within a selected group can be individually selected and either individually or individually controlled within the entire group.
  • the audio system can both be switched on and off, as well as within the audio system in an analogous way, the audio source (radio, CD, MP3, etc.) can be selected and that within the selected audio source (eg radio) in an analogous manner, the station of interest are selected.
  • the volume of the selected station which is perceptible as a peculiarity of the audio source to the human senses, can be varied with the same actuating surface.
  • the intensity of the consumer (s) perceptible by the human senses is changed as described, then the further possibility with the aid of a function referred to as "smart dimming" during the swelling of the alteration process gradually increases to include at least one further consumer, or during the decay of the change process, gradually take out at least one other consumer, so turn off, whereby a more extensive dimming function is achieved, so by adding more equivalent consumers for a further increase in intensity or switched off for a further intensity decrease.
  • This is done in a further method step, in which the perceptible by the human senses intensity of the consumer or can be further changed by further gleich Wunschde consumers are switched on for a further increase in intensity or switched off for a further decrease in intensity.
  • these means when dimmed down, these means can be switched on or off to provide the effect of increasing the darkness in the room, while for example the steel force of the lighting means can be reduced, but it can also fall below a predefined threshold successively the shading devices are switched on to achieve an additional darkening.
  • the room temperature can also be adjusted.
  • an additional heat source will automatically be connected (such as a locally connected to a power heater fan that smartdimmdress is), or when turning down can additional heat sources automatically downshifted during this dimming process as well, and then shut down at different times.
  • the switched-on consumers do not have to introduce their full power abruptly, but instead participate in the dimming process in a manner that can be deposited in the first method step.
  • the particular advantage of this function is that it can significantly reduce energy consumption. The reason for this is that, for example, a lighting device dimmed by 90% would not consume about 90% less energy, as it would visually appear, but considerably more.
  • the desired effect can be provided without having to accept too high a consumption of energy relative to the success. In this way, the consumers can be operated in a significantly more efficient manner than in the prior art, without having to accept a loss of comfort. It is particularly optimal when new consumers are always switched on or off when the efficiency of a consumer deteriorates.
  • This shutdown function which is referred to below as "local pushbutton function" is characterized by the possibility of downshifting or switching off stepwise defined characteristics.
  • all consumers for example a room, are switched off with the aid of the same actuating surface, which were previously switched on locally. For example, if a person in a room had turned on the reading light and another person enters the room after some time and turns on the main light at a switch, and then leaves the room again, and turns off the main light, so still remains previously switched on locally reading lamp.
  • the person sitting under the reading lamp now has the option, when leaving the room with the help of this function of the "local push button function" from the (light) switch on the door off the previously turned on locally on the reading lamp reading light off.
  • the signal to be entered for this purpose on the actuating surface can be freely defined in the basic setting and therefore can actually take on any shape. However, good results have been achieved when the duration of the permanent switching signal required for this is more than one second and preferably less than two seconds.
  • the method also provides a further second switch-off stage in which, in a further method step, all consumers of the room are switched to standby mode.
  • This second deactivation stage of the function "local push-button” causes all addressed consumers of the relevant room to be put into standby mode. This function is helpful if, for example, the room in question is left for a short time.
  • the signal to be inputted to the actuating surface for this second switch-off stage is also freely definable in the basic setting and can therefore also take on any shape.
  • the duration of the necessary permanent switching signal is more than two seconds, and preferably less than three seconds, but in any case distinguishable from the first shutdown, which can be stored in the default setting for this second shutdown the function "local push button" is.
  • the method provides a further, third switch-off stage of the function, in another Step all consumers of the room or the administrative unit are turned off.
  • This third deactivation stage of the function "local pushbutton” causes all addressed consumers of the relevant room to be switched off.
  • This function is useful if the room or part of the building is left permanently.
  • the signal to be inputted to the actuating surface for this third shut-off stage is freely definable in the basic setting and therefore can actually also take on any shape which must be different from the other shut-off stages.
  • good results have been achieved with a further, different from the second switch-off continuous switching signal of more than three seconds, which is also stored in the default for this third switch-off.
  • a further development of the method for actuating a switch according to the invention is particularly advantageous, wherein in a polygonal switch, for example, a lower right corner is suitable to make in the further process step of claim 1-7 or claim 8 directly selectable the next group of consumers and / or a lower left corner is suitable, in the further method step of claim 1-7 or claim 8, to make the previous group of consumers directly selectable, which in concrete case causes the function of jumping back into at least one previous menu item a separate local segment of the button is reserved, such as the corners, for example.
  • this function can also be defined by a previously defined typing sequence.
  • At least one such corner can be programmed so that it "remembers" which menu levels (that is, for example, which devices (groups)) are jumped back to this particular switch, which has the effect that this corner of that switch prefers this group offers, or even permanently offers.
  • this device (group) which is just represented by that corner, externally and thus identifiable to the operator, it is advantageous to if it includes a corresponding icon, or a corresponding predefined color, or other counterfeit option, and is output to the outside. Corners of a switch according to the invention are particularly suitable for this, but in principle also any other location of a switch according to the invention can be considered for this purpose.
  • a development of the method according to the invention for actuating a switch is particularly advantageous, wherein the at least one actuating surface is arranged separable from the switching element and is able to communicate in a separate step in a then further step with this by means of distance communication means.
  • the present invention made separation of switching element and actuating surface, which was called the actuating surface of that part of the switching element, which faces the operator, ie the immediate operation, it is possible the switch according to the invention and thus the method to operate this even further from each other be differenzfug, so that the actuating surface of the switching element and physically separable ausgestaltbar.
  • a rocker switch for example, a multi-dimensional rocker switch (eg, a rocker in the direction of all, so for example one to four side edges of a rectangular switch allows and / or rocking in the direction of all , which allows one to four corners of a rectangular switch), and / or it may be an element of a switch having a touch-sensitive (sub) surface, and / or it may be an element of a switch, having at least one key function.
  • the actuating surface has the possibility of being separable from the switching element.
  • the input functionality remains in the detachable actuating surface, while the functionality of immediately closing circuits, ie switching the device on or off, or, after closing the circuit, supplying the device with control information remains with the at least one switching element, each one Switching element of the switch remains at the base element.
  • the associated additional process step is due to the fact that the Operator must disconnect the detachable actuating surface, or must first seize the additional device.
  • actuating a switch comprising at least one of the switching element (this remains with the primitive in the wall) separably arranged actuating surface (eg keyboard, or switch surface with input function), at least one intermediate memory (eg in the Shape of a pyramid in the room, which can functionally bundle various actuation surfaces), wherein in each buffer communication information for more than one switch to be controlled, and / or a controlled home appliance can be stored (ie all switches or home appliances of a room, for example) Actuating surface and buffer and switching element are not in the same housing.
  • the buffer is also not in the housing of the device to be controlled.
  • the intermediate memory has the task of transmitting control commands issued by an actuating surface in a further step, likewise with the aid of remote communication means, to one or else several switches / switching elements.
  • the buffer is in turn in at least one other housing than the actuating surface is, and also in a different housing than the switching element is located. It communicates with the actuating surface and with the switching element in each case by means of remote communication means.
  • each of these buffers can be individually adjusted to the surrounding environment.
  • a plurality of buffers can be operated, each of which is located, for example, in another room and wherein in each of the Buffer the switch assignments of the switches of this room are stored.
  • the buffer or the actuating surface are each in a different housing than the at least one switching element, this has the effect that the functionality of the actuating surface does not have to be adapted directly limited to the one single switch, which it has to control.
  • Switches such as device switches are already set as a kind of remote control in one way or another on the device to be controlled by them, so that they form a functional unit that they only this one individual device, such as TV, or this a type of this device, eg all televisions of this one type or only this one brand, eg all TVs of the brand "xy", or all devices of a manufacturer, eg TV, video recorder, MP3 player of one brand "xy” or one manufacturer "z "are able to control.
  • the communication data for controlling the device in question remains in the switch which the operator finds in a classical manner on or in the device or in innovative devices in an external operator terminal, which can be found in these new, innovative systems, such as the so-called Smart homes, finds in the wall.
  • the latter are, however, as defined above, no "switch" within the meaning of the invention, since they do not fit into a standard flush-mounted box, among other things.
  • the buffer is in the other housing, as the actuating surface, then the housing in which the actuating surface is universally usable for all to be controlled switch and thus for all devices to be controlled by these switches by the cache and does not directly address the switch in question and thus can be easily replaced if lost or broken.
  • any other actuating surface such as a keyboard can be used, such as the actuating surface or keyboard of a mobile phone, a PDA, a digital clock, a key fob, etc., but this need only provide the function of their keyboards , The only thing that matters is their ability to communicate with the cache.
  • this actuating surface would have to be adapted to each individual switch in order to communicate with more than one individual switch. How the transfer between keyboard and cache can happen, the expert knows (Cable, radio, IR, etc.).
  • the intermediate memory and not the actuating surface separable from the switch serves the purpose of providing control information for the respective switch to be addressed. Not the directly operated actuating surface but the intermediate memory thus provides the effect of directly addressing the various switches to be addressed.
  • the actuating surface itself is not able to do this. However, it communicates directly with the cache and only indirectly with the help of the cache with the switch to be controlled.
  • the cache may also be a custom commercially programmable remote control as long as it performs these functions described.
  • the removable actuating surface according to the invention has the advantage of achieving an efficiency which is unusual for "remote operations".
  • the volume of the hi - fi system and in another room the volume of the computer or the software responsible for the volume on the Computer can be controlled by these switching elements, for example, with one and the same key for controlling the volume on the detachable operating surface in a first room, the volume of the hi - fi system and in another room the volume of the computer or the software responsible for the volume on the Computer, and again in another room to control the volume of the TV.
  • a login is only possible if it takes place at a defined short distance to the device to be registered, in order to avoid disturbances of the devices with each other or with the cache.
  • the as part of the registration procedure over a short distance transmitted information to the buffer causes an acceptance of the actuating surface, with the result that then each control command, for example, from the cache - even from long distances - is executed.
  • each control command for example, from the cache - even from long distances - is executed.
  • the registration of the devices to the cache both by an automatic detection on the one hand, as well as by individually entering the data in the cache with the help of the actuating surface on the other hand, or they may already be pre-entered as a third solution.
  • a login can be set so that targeted only at short distances, the keyboard of the actuating surface is addressed.
  • actuation surface can not only address a plurality of switches via a buffer, but also without a buffer, an actuating surface of a first switch in a further switch according to the invention, the actuating surface has not been accepted in the position is to then remotely control this without their operating surface was removed.
  • the respective function key on the actuating surface eg the volume
  • this function volume
  • this definition must first have taken place in the respective switch itself.
  • the buffer is located in the other housing, as the actuating surface, so that causes the actuating surface does not have to be adapted to the device that has to control it.
  • Common remote controls are, in one way or another, so tuned to the device to be controlled that they form a functional unit such that the remote control is just that individual device, such as a TV, or this one type of this device, eg, all the televisions of that type or only this one brand, for example, all TVs of brand xy, or all devices of a manufacturer, such as TV, video recorder, MP3 player of a brand xy or one manufacturer z are able to control.
  • the buffer is in the other housing, as the actuating surface and in a different housing than the device to be controlled, then the housing in which the actuating surface is located universally usable for all devices to be controlled and can be easily replaced, If it is lost or broken, or any other actuating surface, such as a keyboard can also be used, such as the actuating surface or keyboard of a mobile phone, a PDA, a clock, a key fob, etc., only the function of their Need to provide keyboards. What is essential is only the ability to communicate with the cache. This can be done by these devices receive no target device-specific data, but only as so to provide the function of their keyboard, which can then be perceived by the cache.
  • the cache therefore indirectly serves the purpose of providing control information to the device. Again, this is a significant difference to existing remote controls in the home. Not the actuating surface, but the buffer provides the effect ready to address the switch to be controlled directly. the actuating surface itself is not able to do this. However, it communicates directly with the buffer and only indirectly with the aid of the buffer with the switch to be controlled. This central effect is provided by all embodiments according to the invention.
  • an administrative unit can be defined by the intermediate memory.
  • the single actuating surface but more than a buffer and can be defined by the buffer a management unit, this causes the operator can make the administrative units themselves at will. This can be realized, for example, by assigning a buffer to each room / area to be served.
  • the operator may have an eat-in kitchen that has classic kitchen switches, and independently thereof, residential area switches as a single administrative area define and store in a single cache and thereby define this area of the kitchen as a single administrative unit. If the operator enters this administrative unit, the mobile control surface can then log on and off automatically with the local remote control.
  • the communication between the switch and the actuating surface being handled by means of the intermediate memory and by means of remote communication means.
  • the communication between switch and actuating surface is handled by means of the buffer and by means of remote communication means, this has the advantage that the buffer can be placed anywhere. This causes a great deal of flexibility in its posting. For example, it does not matter if it is closer to or further away from another device to be controlled. If the data exchange between the buffer and the actuating surface is handled by means of remote communication means, this has the further advantage that the operator remains mobile and that he can always carry around the actuating surface with him.
  • actuating a switch is also particularly advantageous, wherein the actuating surface is provided by a personal digital assistant.
  • a suitability for remote communication could also be a PDA or a mobile phone, smartphone, or your own remote control or similar devices that are able to provide their pure input function, these provide their pure input function, and the inputs made through this to the respective Switching element of the switch, which is operated in the manner according to the invention, pass.
  • the use of such a device at this point is not inconsistent with the demarcation made at the outset, since these devices, such as the PDA only provide their input function to transmit the input via remote communication means to the switch according to the invention.
  • actuating surface is functionally replaced by a personal digital assistant, this has the advantage that a device that is already in numerous households serves an additional purpose, which reduces the number of individual devices in the household and thereby increases the clarity , Alternatively, as mentioned, keyboards of, for example, mobile phones etc. can be used.
  • each administrative unit is assigned a local intermediate memory which can contain control commands of the administrative unit. If each management unit is assigned such an actuation surface that can receive control commands from the actuation surface, this has the effect that each management unit can have its own actuation surface, which is restricted to effecting control of only one of the administration units.
  • the adaptation of this one local actuating surface to this respective administrative surface can also be carried out in such a way that it transmits to itself those data from the switch or intermediate memory which are necessary for controlling the relevant administrative unit. As a result, a complex programming or a new reading of data can be avoided.
  • the actuating surface further provides only its input function.
  • a further development of the method according to the invention for actuating a switch is furthermore particularly advantageous, wherein the registration and deregistration of a mobile actuating surface after identification of the user at the local actuating surface by means of a code and / or by pressing a button and / or by voice recognition and / or another access hurdle.
  • a development of the method according to the invention for actuating a switch is furthermore particularly advantageous, the household appliances or switches providing data for their control.
  • household appliances can forward this data to the switch that switches these household appliances, which then forwards this data by means of remote communication to the buffer. This allows automatic log-on of these devices to the cache.
  • a further development of the method according to the invention for actuating a switch is furthermore particularly advantageous, with the temporary store 6 independently reading in the data of the household appliances or switches for their control.
  • a further development of the method according to the invention for actuating a switch is also particularly advantageous, the reading only taking place when a previously definable distance to the domestic appliance or switch has been undershot. In this way, these data from household appliances can be read directly through the cache. If these data are forwarded from the household appliances to the switch in question, they can of course also be read in from the switch. This makes it possible that the cache is programmed in a simple manner by reading exactly the data of those devices, which he should then also control.
  • a buffer according to the invention can be kept in the vicinity of a switch to be read in, which thereby reads in the data of this switch, that is to say the device data which is stored in the switch respective menu items are stored at exactly this switch, then that of a second switch and then possibly that of yet another switch.
  • This classification according to the invention can be achieved by registering the switch to be controlled even in the cache, by the former, the second example, transmit a device digit.
  • the buffer according to the invention is then able to represent the entire functional range of these switches.
  • a reduction in complexity then occurs when the operator moves with this actuating surface through the scanned spaces and then has to go through the actuating surface again without the respective menus of the individual individual adapters, if he wants to reduce the volume in each room, for example, or the lighting conditions change, since it is then immediately in each room in the associated submenu item and can trigger the desired function on the control surface immediately. It can also be accomplished by then logging the devices stored in the cache with their data to the actuator surface as soon as the actuator surface comes close to the buffer. Such an application could, for example, be made by notifying the actuation surface of nearby devices at the push of a button by registering this data, or other data with the same unequivocal effect, on the actuation surface.
  • the method can also have an automatic method step which effects a reset by automatically restoring the ground state of the switch, in particular the light switch, when the switch, in particular light switch, is not operated for longer than a predefined period of time.
  • the ground state is the state of the switch which the operator imparts to it as a steady state and in which he wishes to find the switch when he enters the relevant room in which the switch is located, usually the condition described in claim 6. This causes that when a switch for a longer period of time, as it was deposited in the default setting has not been operated, this switch falls back to its default state can be stored in the default state.
  • these are preferably the illumination function for switches near a door, and preferably the safety function for switches on the entrance door. Good experiences have been made if this period is more than 30 seconds.
  • all consumers of the group can be switched off. Good results have been achieved, in particular, if the duration of the pulse required for this purpose is substantially the same time as the default power-on time, ie, if the power-off button lasts substantially as long as the power-on click.
  • the switch comprises a touch-sensitive surface, which provides an arbitrarily large part of its surface as an actuating surface, which is suitable in the switch an on-off switching action and / or a continuous signal effect provide.
  • These switches are also suitable, by a touch of the switch surface with a touch character, the on-off switching action and / or by to provide a continuous signal effect to a touch of the switch surface of the brush.
  • these switches are suitable for assigning the connection of a different consumer and / or group of consumers to each of these taps and / or tap sequences, the switch being suitable for identifying different tap durations and / or tap sequences when the touch surface of the switch tap is touched.
  • these switches are suitable to identify different strike directions and / or strike symbols upon touching the switch surface with a brush character and suitably, each of these strike directions and / or symbols the selection of a group of consumers and / or within such a group of a subgroup, or a single consumer and / or in a single consumer whose functions and / or in one of these functions of a consumer to assign the audible with the help of human senses intensity of the effect of this consumer.
  • Such switches are particularly suitable, if they are suitable, near the corners and / or in the vicinity of the edges and / or in the center, at least wherever they are actuatable and have switching functions, different colors, in particular the LEDs, in chronological succession. RGB colors to represent.
  • symbols such as pictograms appear in appearance. It is particularly helpful if these locations on the touch-sensitive surface with the associated representations can be moved by touching it to another point of this switch, for example by a swipe on this touch-sensitive surface, the current symbol is recorded at first touch, corresponding to the stroking motion is deposited and deposited at the point of release. So can be done in a particularly simple and efficient way a switch assignment.
  • These appearing on the surface icons can also be enlarged and reduced (eg for the elderly) by touching the symbol with two fingers and thus increases and increases the distance between these two fingers, which causes an enlargement of this symbol. A reduction takes place in the reverse manner.
  • switches which have at least one switching element that is movable relative to a base element, and in addition at least one switching element that is stationary relative to a base element.
  • An embodiment for this could be a model which indicates a tactile or rocking movement in the x or -x direction, and / or in the y or y direction, and / or in the direction of the one to four diagonals and / or allows a tactile movement in the center of the switch, the surface, or parts of the surface thereof, as an actuating surface is also sensitive to touch and thereby, for example, stroking movements as a separate Infornations category to interpret in his position is.
  • the described procedure is independent of how the information gets from the switch to the consumer. This can be done via the power line, by radio, via a bus system, own information lines, or in any other familiar to the expert way.
  • Fig. 1 shows a switch 1, which may also be a button, comprising a base member 2, also often referred to as a support member, a single to be operated, actuator / control element 3, often referred to as a switching element due to its function, comprising at least one, actuating surface 4, which movably mounted on the actuator / control element 3 or thereby on the support member is / are present and, for example, in the diagonal, the vertical, the horizontal is movable, as well as in the center can be pressed, as indicated by the dashed arrows, and by the dashed cross is.
  • a switch 1 which may also be a button, comprising a base member 2, also often referred to as a support member, a single to be operated, actuator / control element 3, often referred to as a switching element due to its function, comprising at least one, actuating surface 4, which movably mounted on the actuator / control element 3 or thereby on the support member is / are present and, for example, in the diagonal, the vertical
  • the actuating surface 4 is thus according to the invention relative to the carrier element in at least three dimensions and thus movable in nine switching directions, among which in this present rectangular switch 1 by way of example as a direction the switching direction right / left, as another direction the switching direction up / down, as yet another switching direction pressing in the center of the switch 1 and also but also the operation of the diagonal, so the corners of the switch 1 come into question , In an alternative embodiment, one could occupy these nine dimensions by numbers, whereby the switch 1 receives a remote control appearance.
  • Each actuation of the actuator / operating element 2 effects at least one switching operation (which is why the operating element / operating element 3 and switching element 3 are used as synonyms) and thereby causes the preselection of a group of consumers for at least one consumer or at least one group of consumers. All switching operations for the at least one consumer or for the at least one group of consumers can be triggered by local actuation of the actuating element / operating element.
  • the operating element 4 is designed in the present embodiment by the actuator / control element 3 detachable and connected by remote communication means 5 with the switching element 3. The control functions are performed by the operator on the control element.
  • Fig. 2 shows a plurality of switches 1 (n switching elements 3), which are particularly suitable for the inventive method, with possibly removable control element, which communicate with each other via a buffer 6.
  • An operating element communicates via the buffer 6 with a plurality of switches 1.
  • the operating element can be replaced by a device 7, which provides its keyboard function. This can be for example a PDA or mobile phone.

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  1. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 qui comprend au moins un élément de commutation 3 déplaçable par rapport à un élément de base 2 apte à être reçu en particulier dans une boîte encastrée, et/ou au moins un élément de commutation 3 stationnaire par rapport à cet élément de base 2, ledit élément de commutation 3 étant apte à fournir au moins un signal continu de commutation, caractérisé en ce que les caractéristiques ainsi que les effets de cet au moins un signal continu de commutation peuvent être définis librement par l'opérateur du commutateur 1 dans une première étape du procédé par le fait que, dans cette première étape de procédé, l'opérateur entre d'abord dans le mode de programmation et définit dans ce mode de programmation, dans un premier temps, au moins un tel signal continu de commutation dont la durée ou bien la configuration peut être définie librement par l'opérateur du commutateur ; après cette définition, ce signal étant associé, dans une autre étape, à au moins un seul appareil consommateur et/ou à au moins un groupe d'appareils consommateurs.
  2. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'impulsion et/ou ledit signal continu de commutation sont définis dans le mode de programmation en déterminant l'impulsion de commutation par une longueur librement définissable d'un premier intervalle de temps et en déterminant le signal continu de commutation par une longueur librement définissable d'un second intervalle de temps et en déterminant la longueur maximale de la pause entre ceux-ci.
  3. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel des durées allant jusqu'à 800 millisecondes environ sont interprétées comme premier intervalle de temps et les durées supérieures à ces premières sont interprétées comme signal continu.
  4. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel une valeur de seuil peut être définie comme limite temporelle inférieure à partir de laquelle une durée de temps allant jusqu'à 800 millisecondes environ est interprétée comme premier intervalle de temps, et dans lequel les temps allant au-delà sont interprétés comme signal continu.
  5. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 4, dans lequel des durées en dessous de cette valeur de seuil sont interprétées comme troisième intervalle de temps.
  6. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 5, dans lequel ladite valeur de seuil se situe pour l'essentiel à 100 millisecondes.
  7. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la durée d'une pause est inférieure à, pour l'essentiel, une seconde.
  8. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel des durées au-dessus des durées de pause définies sont interprétées comme ordre indiquant que l'entrée est terminée.
  9. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 7, dans lequel la durée de la pause est comprise entre 80 et 150 millisecondes.
  10. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit commutateur 1 comprend au moins une surface sensitive au toucher, cette surface sensitive au toucher dans ledit commutateur 1 étant apte à mettre à disposition un effet de commutation on/off et/ou un effet de signal continu.
  11. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 10, dans lequel ledit commutateur 1 est apte à mettre à disposition ledit effet de commutation on/off par un contact à caractère d'attouchement de la surface du commutateur et/ou un effet de signal continu par un contact à caractère d'effleurement de la surface du commutateur.
  12. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 11, dans lequel ledit commutateur 1 est apte à associer à chacune de ces durées d'attouchement et/ou suites d'attouchement la commutation d'un autre appareil consommateur et/ou groupe d'appareils consommateurs, ledit commutateur 1 étant apte à identifier, lors d'un contact à caractère d'attouchement de la surface du commutateur, des durées d'attouchement et/ou suites d'attouchement différentes.
  13. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 10 à 12, dans lequel ledit commutateur 1, lors d'un contact à caractère d'effleurement de la surface du commutateur, est apte à identifier des directions d'effleurement différentes et/ou des symboles d'effleurement différents et est apte à associer à chacun(e) de ces directions d'effleurement et/ou de ces symboles le choix d'un groupe d'appareils consommateurs et/ou, parmi un tel groupe, d'un sous-groupe, ou bien d'un appareil consommateur individuel et/ou, dans le cas d'un appareil consommateur individuel, des fonctions de celui-ci et/ou, dans une de ces fonctions d'un appareil consommateur, l'intensité de l'effet de cet appareil consommateur, qui est apercevable à l'aide des sens humains.
  14. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel, dans une autre étape du procédé, on peut choisir le groupe d'appareils consommateurs qui doit être commuté.
  15. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 14, en réalisant le choix par une commande d'une zone du commutateur 1 qui est définie dans l'espace et où le groupe désiré d'appareils consommateurs est enregistré, et/ou par une entrée d'une suite d'impulsions prédéfinie à laquelle le groupe respectif d'appareils consommateurs est associé, et/ou par une entrée d'un mouvement d'effleurement sur une surface sensitive au toucher dudit commutateur 1, auquel le groupe respectif d'appareils consommateurs est associé, et/ou par une entrée d'un symbole prédéfini sur une surface sensitive au toucher du commutateur 1, auquel le groupe respectif d'appareils consommateurs est associé, et/ou par un choix du groupe respectif d'appareils consommateurs parmi des propositions offertes par ledit commutateur 1.
  16. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel, dans une autre étape du procédé, un groupe d'appareils consommateurs peut être commuté, en particulier allumé.
  17. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 16, dans lequel, dans une autre étape du procédé, on peut choisir individuellement parmi le groupe commuté, en particulier allumé, d'appareils consommateurs les appareils consommateurs associés à ce groupe.
  18. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 14 à 15, dans lequel, dans une autre étape du procédé, on peut varier l'intensité du ou bien des appareil(s) consommateur(s), apercevable par les sens humains.
  19. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 18, dans lequel, dans une autre étape du procédé, on peut varier une nouvelle fois l'intensité du ou bien des appareil(s) consommateur(s), apercevable par les sens humains, et ceci par le fait que d'autres appareils consommateurs à effet égal sont ajoutés pour une autre augmentation de l'intensité ou bien sont éteints pour une autre réduction de l'intensité.
  20. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel, dans une autre étape du procédé, tous ceux des appareils consommateurs du groupe qui ont été ajoutés localement auparavant à ce groupe d'appareils consommateurs sont éteints.
  21. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel, dans une autre étape du procédé, tous les appareils consommateurs du local sont commutés en mode d'attente.
  22. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel, dans une autre étape du procédé, tous les appareils consommateurs du local ou bien de l'unité de gestion sont éteints.
  23. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 12 à 22, dans lequel l'opérateur du commutateur 1 atteint dans chacune des étapes du procédé représentées par les revendications 12 à 22, à l'aide d'une autre possibilité d'entrée de ce commutateur 1, l'étape de procédé de l'une des revendications 14 à 16, en particulier de la revendication 16.
  24. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 23, dans lequel, dans le cas d'un commutateur polygonal, un angle inférieur droit est apte à faire sélectionnable, dans l'autre étape du procédé de la revendication 16, immédiatement le groupe suivant d'appareils consommateurs, et/ou un angle inférieur gauche est apte à faire sélectionnable, dans l'autre étape du procédé de la revendication 16, directement le groupe précédent d'appareils consommateurs.
  25. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite au moins une surface de commande 4 est disposée de manière à pouvoir être séparée de l'élément de commutation 3 et est apte à communiquer, à l'état séparé, avec celui-ci à l'aide de moyens de communication à distance 5.
  26. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 25, comprenant au moins une surface de commande 4 disposée de manière à pouvoir être séparée de l'élément de commutation 3, au moins une mémoire intermédiaire 6, dans chaque mémoire intermédiaire 6 peuvent être déposées des informations de communication pour plus d'un commutateur 1 à commander et/ou un appareil électroménager à commander, ladite surface de commande 4 et la mémoire intermédiaire 6 et ledit élément de commutation 3 ne sont pas situés dans le même boîtier.
  27. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 25 et 26, dans lequel ladite mémoire intermédiaire 6 ne se trouve, elle, non plus dans le boîtier de l'appareil à commander.
  28. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 25 à 27, dans lequel une unité de gestion peut être définie par ladite mémoire intermédiaire 6.
  29. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 25 à 28, dans lequel la communication entre ledit commutateur 1 et ladite surface de commande 4 peut être réalisée à l'aide de la mémoire intermédiaire 6 et à l'aide de moyens de communication à distance 5.
  30. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 25 à 29, dans lequel ladite surface de commande 4 est mise à disposition par un assistant numérique personnel.
  31. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 25 à 30, dans lequel à chaque unité de gestion est associée une mémoire intermédiaire locale 6 qui peut contenir des ordres de commande de ladite unité de gestion.
  32. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 25 à 31, dans lequel la demande de connexion et la déconnexion d'une surface mobile de commande 4 se fait après l'identification de l'utilisateur sur ladite surface locale de commande 4 au moyen d'un code et/ou par la pression d'une touche et/ou par une identification de voix et/ou par une autre entrave d'accès.
  33. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 25 à 32, dans lequel les appareils électroménagers ou bien les commutateurs 1 fournissent des données pour leur commande.
  34. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 25 à 33, dans lequel ladite mémoire intermédiaire 6 mémorise elle-même les données des appareils électroménagers ou bien des commutateurs 1 pour leur commande.
  35. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications 25 à 34, dans lequel ladite mise en mémoire n'a lieu que lorsqu'on est resté en dessous d'une distance prédéfinissable par rapport à l'appareil électroménager ou bien au commutateur.
  36. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel, lorsque le commutateur 1 n'est pas commandé pendant une durée supérieure à une durée définie auparavant, l'état de base est automatiquement rétabli.
  37. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon la revendication 36, dans lequel ladite durée est de plus de 30 secondes.
  38. Procédé de commande d'un commutateur 1 selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel, dans une autre étape du procédé, l'ensemble des appareils consommateurs du groupe est éteint.
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